Teaching Assistant
Danes Hill School
Surrey
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2020
Job overview
Required for September 2020.
We are seeking enthusiastic classroom assistants to join the committed, professional team in our busy Pre-Prep Department (3-6 year-olds). NNEB Level 3 or Teaching Assistant Training Level 3 is essential. Please complete the application form which should be completed and emailed to Mrs Louise Roberts to lroberts@daneshill.surrey.sch.uk or by post to Mrs Louise Robert s. Pre-Prep, Danes Hill Pre-Prep School, Bevendean, Steels Lane, Oxshott, KT22 0QQ.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 21 April 2020. Interviews for short-listed candidates will be Friday 1 May 2020.
Danes Hill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Job Description for Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant
Job Purpose:
To support the form teacher in the delivery of the curriculum and pastoral care of the children.
Organisation Relationships:
- Directly responsible to the form teacher, Head of Year, Head of Section and Headmaster.
- Directly responsible for ensuring resource provision as directed by the form teacher.
- Other supervisory responsibilities – the supervision of small groups or individual children under the direction of the form teacher; playground and lunchroom supervision as requested.
- Pastoral care of the children.
Main Duties:
This job description serves to indicate a range of duties and level of responsibility involved. It is not necessarily exhaustive.
Under the direction of the form teacher:
- Hear children read on a daily basis, to keep accurate records and to liaise frequently with form teacher with regard to each child’s progress.
- To participate in the planning of programmes of study for groups of pupils.
- To assist in the preparation and adaptation of teaching materials, worksheeets, etc, which facilitate pupils’ access to the curriculum; to ensure the general tidiness and stimulating appearance of the classroom.
- To assist with procedures for the monitoring, assessment and recording of the pupils’ progress.
- To contribute, where appropriate, to any multi-disciplinary discussion of pupils’ needs/progress.
- To participate in relevant staff development activities. (INSET)
- To move from class to class if required to do so by the Head of Section or Headmaster.
- To respond to children’s needs for support where appropriate, both academically and pastorally.
- To support the Headmaster, the Head of Section and other staff in the maintenance of discipline and a caring ethos throughout the school.
- To supervise late club participants on a rota basis until 4:20pm.
General
- To treat as confidential all matters relating to the personal progress or circumstances of individual children, members of staff and parents.
- To attend all departmental meetings such as sports days, parents’ sessions etc including the evenings and weekends and any major school functions requested by the Head of Section or Headmaster.
- To support and promote the name of Danes Hill in a loyal and confidential manner.
- To be aware of and accept all conditions in the Staff Handbook.
https://www.daneshillschool.co.uk/about-danes-hill/careers
Danes Hill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About Danes Hill School
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About Danes Hill School
Message from the Head
Are you an inspirational teacher? Do you truly care about the children you teach and want each of them to achieve their very best? Do you recognise the importance of a child’s emotional wellbeing and the part that the pastoral care you provide plays in it? Do you set high standards for yourself and your pupils and are you willing to go the extra mile to make each day in school special?
At Danes Hill we aim high for every child. We recognise that each young person who joins us is a unique individual and that the journey they will travel, whilst at the school, is as unique as they are. We want them to be academically successful, to have humility in victory and composure in defeat on the sports fields, to recognise the importance of the arts and the digital world in which we live and to make the most of the opportunities that we can offer to them.
Most importantly we want to work with the parents to help shape their children into thoroughly decent human beings.
It is a privilege to be an educator and I feel utterly privileged to be leading Danes Hill School. It is a very special place to work and learn and the warmth of the community is tangible. We are currently recruiting and if you are willing to work hard then I promise that the school will offer a really warm welcome to new members of the community.
Our classes are small, the parents are supportive, the non-contact is generous and the leadership team are willing and able to guide you through your induction period and support you fully in your career. Add to that great parking, an amazing site and a dollop of camaraderie and laughter and we really are a good choice for the next step in your career.
You are very welcome to visit the school before submitting your application form.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Richard Brown
Head
About Danes Hill School:
Danes Hill School is situated in 55 acres of landscaped grounds in the village of Oxshott, Surrey. We are a 3-13 co-educational school that values the importance of Years 7 and 8 and retains very strong numbers in the top two year groups. Whilst we are an academically demanding school, we also value the breadth of opportunity on offer beyond the taught curriculum. School is more than maths and English!
Why Work at Danes Hill School?
Danes Hill offers an exceptional working environment. Set in 55 acres bordering open countryside, yet commutable to London, it is a thriving school which has received an outstanding report by the Independent School’s Inspectorate. Inspectors described the school as ‘excellent in all areas’ and commented that ‘teamwork is strong’. They also noted that ‘relationships between pupils and staff, and amongst the pupils, are consistently outstanding’. We feel these comments accurately reflect the school and are indeed key to making it such a great place to work. An on-going building program is further developing the classroom accommodation, adding to the excellent existing facilities that include specialist science laboratories, art, design and technology rooms, performance spaces and high quality sports facilities.
Working at Danes Hill you become part of a large, dynamic community encompassing all the teaching and non-teaching staff. Dedicated support staff work in tandem with teaching staff, taking care of many of the administrative tasks in a friendly, cooperative environment. The Common Room President, elected each year, organises social events and charity fundraisers. You are also able to make use of the swimming pool and other sports facilities, before and after school, helping to burn off our renowned lunches!
Danes Hill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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